Rockford Fosgate T162S ????

[ShoMe 10+ year member]

I'm thinking to buy Rockford Fosgate T162S and Rockford Fosgate Punch P450.2 amp. It's around $400. What do you think about this system? Can I buy something better for this money? Thanks

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[tbasile1 10+ year member]

How bout some Rainbow SLC265s instead with an amp OR Pioneer PRS720s and an amp

Just puttin that out there!!

 

[tbasile1 10+ year member]

double post

 

[Pyro_By_Nature 5,000+ posts]

How bout some Rainbow SLC265s instead with an amp OR Pioneer PRS720s and an amp
Just puttin that out there!!

$300 components and a $100 amp, nice lol.

Yes you can buy something "better" for the money.

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

How about this instead?

Kicker KX4500.2 (2x150w rms @ 4 ohms) - $130 + shipping

Pioneer TS-C720PRS (would love 2x100-150w rms) - $269 shipped

** or **

PG RSd65cs (for the money, has tons of midbass off 2x120-160w rms) - $129 shipped

TOTAL: $259 to $399 + shipping

 

[tbasile1 10+ year member]

another great way to go ^

DejaWiz knows his $hit!!

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

Oh, and I second the Rainbows. SLC 265 or SLC 265 Kicks would run $230 to $280 shipped, iirc.

 

[ShoMe 10+ year member]

Pioneer Premier TS-C720PRS - 50w rms.

Kicker KX450.2 - 2x150w rms @ 4 ohms

Is this more power than Pioneer can handle?

 

[amoffitt 10+ year member]

From what i hear the Rockford T162S are really good. I would go with that. You can get it for around $170 if you look around.

 

[tbasile1 10+ year member]

Pioneer Premier TS-C720PRS - 50w rms.
Kicker KX450.2 - 2x150w rms @ 4 ohms

Is this more power than Pioneer can handle?

I heard Pioneers off of 120w, and Im sure they can handle 150 no problem!

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

Pioneer Premier TS-C720PRS - 50w rms.
Kicker KX450.2 - 2x150w rms @ 4 ohms

Is this more power than Pioneer can handle?

Nope. I auditioned a set of the 720PRS's off a Pioneer ICE 2100T amp, which is rated for 2x150w rms @ 4 ohms. They sounded amazing!

 

[ShoMe 10+ year member]

Thank you all

 

[Gary S 10+ year member]

From what i hear the Rockford T162S are really good. I would go with that. You can get it for around $170 if you look around.

- Yes, they are very good and hard to beat for the money. Only thing that might beat them with a metal tweet at that price is cerwin vega v-max 65, $170 shipped beachaudio.com

If you like soft domes, Precision Power 356cs will beat all the above.

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

Hey Gary, I know you've mentioned it in the past, and as I don't feel like searching the forums for a great while, can you shed some light on who the designer/engineer was for the PPI 365's? Didn't you say he was a rather well-respected individual and had designed speakers for a lot of big-name companies?

I just thought that info could be relevant to helping ShoMe make a very educated choice on which comps to go with.

-Thanks

 

[Gary S 10+ year member]

Hey Gary, I know you've mentioned it in the past, and as I don't feel like searching the forums for a great while, can you shed some light on who the designer/engineer was for the PPI 365's? Didn't you say he was a rather well-respected individual and had designed speakers for a lot of big-name companies?
I just thought that info could be relevant to helping ShoMe make a very educated choice on which comps to go with.

-Thanks

- Yes, (Pat) Patrick Turmire... I forget the name of his company, but he engineered products for a whole slew of companies, including Fosgate, PPi, Orion, MTX, Kicker, Viper, Directed, Cerwin vega, Polk, ADS, Image Dynamics, and a bunch more I can't think of right now. He builds knock-offs of the polk and focal speakers, some of which sell for half the price. Do a search for articles on the Car audio mag (car audio and electronics magazine, I think it is?) site - there were a couple of articles/test reports about him/from him. The test report on the Polk SR is his... he was one of the original bidders for the design.